For The Kudos

In response to the feedback of our recent Patreon survey we have been busy planning our next special Patreon-only series. We asked, you answered and here we are - trying something new. Introducing "Race 2 The G", a weekly podcast following the journey of three very unique runners with three vastly different goals at Melbourne Marathon 2024. With Joel on hosting duties we have Alice Baquie (of FORR...

This week the Spiked Up girls are joined by friend of the show, Georgia Griffith! Fresh of their diamond league pursuits Sarah & Georgia go through their races and training weeks. We also get to hear about Rose’s recent return from her well deserved break. The episode concludes with confessions from the girl squad.

Brett & Joel finally return to the studio together to bring you episode #111. Brett continues to progress his running and Joel returns to workouts, battling the biggest crowds The Tan has ever seen. Brett shares a hilarious story regarding a letter he received from a local politician and Joel bangs on about his "Peep Show" obsession (the television program that is). Riley interviews Jeremy Xie...

Join us for a special episode of FTK as we look at the just announced Sydney Marathon elite fields. Brett and Riley give us their early tips for the winners, and speculate on who else might be added to the list.

This episode is brought to you by Pillar Performance : Things kick off with plenty of exciting housekeeping announcements (make sure you mark all the dates in your calendar!) Brett brings the listeners up to speed on where he's at with his running, as the two venture off topic to talk about the psychological impact that comes with managing injuries. Joel is given the all clear to return to running...

PARIS OLYMPICS RECAP!  In episode 22 of Spiked Up, Rose shares her Olympic experience. We get to hear all about the days leading up to her heat, her recovery days between rounds and of course her race recaps.  Rose also answers your questions and Sarah’s question, did Rose meet Snoop Dog?  The episode wraps with a run down of Sarah’s training week.

This episode is brought to you by Pillar Performance   Brett and Andy record from Paris as the 2024 Paris Olympics come to a close. They go over Andy's unusual taper week, travel to Paris and life in the village before going into an in-depth recap of Andy's including K splits and elevation stats. Brett completes some runs around Paris while also being an Olympic fan for the week. Finally, TWHSOITW...

This episode is brought to you by Pillar Performance : Joel takes on solo hosting duties, chatting to soon-to-be-Olympian Andy Buchanan as he makes his final preparations for this weekends Men's Marathon in Paris. In typical FTK fashion Andy & Joel divert from training talk, embarking on many side-quest conversations before Andy answer's a bunch of listener questions submitted from our Patreon...

This episode is brought to you by Pillar Performance : Joel takes on hosting duties as he is joined by both Brett & Andy Buchanan for episode #107. After the heartbreaking news of Brett withdrawing from the 2024 Olympic Marathon due to injury, Andy was given the call up (literally by Brett himself) and was on the next flight to France. This episode has the guys share their side of the story as...

Episode 21 of Spiked Up is here! 5 days out from her Olympic heat, Rose talks about her excitement for her second Olympic Games while Sarah banks a big week of training.  Women’s 5000m Heat - Saturday 3rd August 2:10am AEST

Spiked Up turns 20! After both girls ran PBs in Italy, Rose returns to Hoyos for another week of training and Sarah goes on a racing tour of Finland. The episode wraps with some listener questions & confession session.

Brett & Joel open with a discussion surrounding Brett's recent haircut (in response to Joel calling him a "block-head" in last week's episode). They spend a fair while doing what they do best - rabbiting on about nonsense, before they get stuck into training weeks. Joel battles a hip niggle but closes out the week with a 10th place in the Victorian Cross Country Championships at Bundoora Park,...

This episode is brought to you by Pillar Performance :   Episode 105 kicks off with Brett suggesting that all future Australian Track & Field prospects should be forced into 8 years of solitary confinement training camps in the lead up to Brisbane 2032. They spend the early parts of the episode talking a lot of other nonsense before Brett reflects on his previous 2016 & 2021 Olympics. Joel...

In Episode 19 of Spiked Up the girls celebrate Rose’s recent Olympic selection as well as Sarah’s 800m win in Karlstad.  Rose clocks her first ever 100 mile week leaving her a little bit tired and grumpy while Sezzy enjoys a staycay in Madrid.  Stay tuned to hear who won the confession session challenge!

This episode is brought to you by Shokz Brett is back as co-host for his first time this season, dialling in from Font-Romeu. Brett & Joel discuss the success of their Pulse Running athletes at Gold Coast Marathon weekend before a run down of some amazing recent results. Before training weeks Brett updates the listeners on where he's at running wise at the moment and makes a decision on how he...

Spiked Up returns for Episode 18! In this week's episode hear all about Rose’s Portuguese pacing adventure while Sarah returns to a normal training week up at Hoyos. The confession session looks a little different this week. The entire Australian contingent up in Hoyos have submitted confessions anonymously. Which listener can match the most confessions to names to win a special prize?!

This episode is brought to you by Pillar Performance : FTK returns to the airwaves for Season 7. While Brett awaits some important news, rising star Logan Janetzki fills in as co-host for episode 103. Logan takes the listeners through his junior career and how he's managing his transition to the senior ranks as a Puma athlete. Logy and Joel discuss how social media negatively impacts younger athle...

A big week of racing for the Spiked Up girls. Listen to episode 17 to hear all about their performances and travel in between. Rose has been a good girl with nothing to confess while Sarah has two confessions to get off her chest.

We had plenty of our loyal Patreon supporters ask us to release this episode from behind the pay wall. No other episodes within this series will be released on our "Free To Listen" network. The first episode gets straight into the topics you want to hear about: how Sinead, Gen & Jess found out they were on the team, the appeals process, the online trolls, and all the media coverage. Hosted by...

The girls are back for episode 16 of Spikes Up. Hear about Sarah’s win after a rollercoaster week as Rose banks another 150k week in Hoyos. The confession session is a little different this week as the girls have a bone to pick with their rival podcast FTK.

This episode is brought to you by Pillar Performance : Brett and Joel record from different time zones once again (although this will be the last week with poor audio quality) - Brett having just woken up and Joel from the warmth of Coffs Harbour. In Brett's training week we hear how the long travel has affected his training and in Joel's week he keeps the km's high (for him) while away visiting f...

Long time listener, first time guest Izzi Batt-Doyle joins the Spiked Up podcast for episode 15! The girls discuss their reunion in Hoyos, Izzi’s thoughts on the marathon selection & her 30:23 10km win on the road. Izzi provides multiple confessions and stay tuned to hear which MTC member sends in a confession.   SIGN UP TO OUR PATREON TODAY: www.patreon.com/forthekudos Instagram: https://www....

This episode is brought to you by Sydney Marathon: Brett & Joel kick the episode off by rallying the listeners that missed out on a race entry, to attend Sydney Marathon's September race as a supporter. There's a big discussion on the much anticipated "En Route To Paris" series and Brett & Joel address some of the toxicity surrounding not only the team selection but the podcast too. The pa...

Spiked Up welcomes special guest and friend of the show Georgia Griffith back for Episode 14. Fresh off her win & Australian record at Oslo Diamond League, Georgia takes us through her show stopping week. Rose and Sarah also go through their weeks and finish with some juicy confessions.

We are still buzzing from this amazing night, having new and old fans join us in celebrating our 100th episode. Brett & Joel swapped the studio for a stage, taking the listeners through their training weeks. They were joined by Elise & Riley mid way through for a special feature before the night finished with a Q&A from the crowd. Add in the amazing giveaways from On, Shoks, Pillar Per...